Question

You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But do you know there is such a thing a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No, they are just Chinese people like you and me.

ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.

Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.

But if ABCs can not speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas Chinese (华侨). These people may be citizens (公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist, C.N.Yang(杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.

1.What does “ABC” mean in this passage ?

A. three English letters

B. a kind of banana

C. Chinese born in America

D. Americans born in China

2.Why are Chinese in Western countries called “banana persons”?

A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside

B. they like to eat bananas

C. they were born in China but got to study in America

D. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese

3.What does the underlined word “blood” probably mean?

A. 国籍          B. 血统         C. 爱心         D. 皮肤

4.What does this passage mainly talk about?

A. different kinds of bananas

B. the life story of C.N.Yang

C. the differences between Chinese and foreigners

D. overseas Chinese

Answer

1.C

2.D

3.B

4.A

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要给我们介绍了什么是ABC，它指的是在美国出生的中国人。这样的人具有美国的国籍，从小受美国的思想影响，但是在外表上仍然是中国人，有中国的血统。短文中作者还给我们举例向我们解释了ABC。

1.C细节理解题。根据短文的第二段中ABC means American-born-Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. 可知，ABC的意思是美国出生的中国人，他是一个中国人，但是出生在美国。故选C。

2.D细节理解题。根据短文第二段中So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside---hinting like a Westerner(西方人) and yellow outside --- looking like a Chinese.可知，我们说一个人是香蕉人，是因为他里面是白色的，思想就像西方人一样，而外面是黄色的，外表就像中国人。故选D。

3.B词义猜测题。根据划线的单词所在的句子以及上下文可知，ABC具有其他国家的国籍，但是有中国的血统，因为他们的父母、祖父母，甚至曾祖父母都是来自中国的。故这里的blood 的意思是血统。故选B。

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考点：社会现象类短文阅读。